Cop City/Chill Pillars – Gift Shop

“*Once in a while a new life form will come to the surface, emerge from the primordial ooze and crawl ashore, develop legs where its fins used to be, and […]

Winter Bear – Jump In The Fire / Should I Leave?

Delightful & catchy power-pop

The Man – Carousel Of Sound

“ARE YOU WIRED TO GET HIRED? Let’s get this straight, nobody likes to be pushed around by THE MAN. With all of the corporate involvement in the music industry these […]

Connections – 5 Imaginary Boys

“This modern Columbus, Ohio pop band flashed before us via KEVIN ELLIOT, previously of 84 NASH and one of the guys with great musical taste at the Agit Reader that […]

Repairs – Decay / Cycle

“That’s right, yet another crucial Australian single, from the blackend depths of minimal synth hysteria, and offering up the perfect chaser to the debut Nun LP. Rooted in an electronic [...]

Gross Pointe – Bad Seed

“What’s this, yet another ravaging Chicago punk band bursting out onto a 7” EP for the first time? Gross Pointe are another perfect example of how good this town has […]

Velveteen Rabbit – Mind-Numbing Entertainment

“As sad it was to hear about the demise of The Jeanies, by far NYC’s most addictive power pop band of the last half decade, we’re happy to announce their […]

Surfbort – Bort To Death

“Well look at this, a Brooklyn band that is somehow actually dripping, and/or seething with raw punk ooze??? Look no further than Surfbort, a rock’n roll mutation with living, breathing, [...]

Puffy Areolas – Gentlemen’s Grip

“One of the most pivotal bands currently infecting the Midwest universe, PUFFY AREOLAS are a pummeling ensemble of free jazz skronk, laid mercilessly on top of a proto-punk nuclear waste [...]

The Shrapnelles – Asscalibur

“This gang of women raised by wolves from the great northern province of Alberta, Canada have effortlessly pulled themselves up through the cracks of the “girlbandghetto” trappings and [...]

Fungi Girls – Turquoise Hotel / Doldrums

Fey Gods – Untied

“The oddness and ambiguity of Columbus, OH’s own FEY GODS may seem like a handicap in some outsider perspectives, but following the rich musical tradition of Columbus’ seemingly [...]

The People’s Temple – Make You Understand

Tortured Tongues – Let Me Down

“It’s bad times all year ’round in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where the castrated legions that makeup the by-product known as TORTURED TONGUES reside. The tar-like muck that [...]

Nerve City – Red Tops

“As raw and bitter as the north winds blowing off the Virginia mountaintops, HoZac is proud to serve you a platter of new songs to ease the winter solitude with […]

Myelin Sheaths – Do The Mental Twist

“Yet another Canadian entry in HoZac’s new batch, Lethbridge (about 100 miles south of Calgary), Alberta’s MYELIN SHEATHS have boldly thrust themselves forward and erupt here with an [...]

Plastic Crimewave Sound – Shockwave Rider

“For years, this Chicago scuzz-punk psychedelic prog machine has been turning heads as the Midwest’s answer to Hawkwind, Can and other mind-expanding primordial brain-fryers. At long [...]

Soft Candy – Bixarre Luv Pyramids

“A truly sophisticated pop band that knows its way around the Byrds/Beatles/Zombies/Love territory quite well, Soft Candy recently came out of dormancy after being out of commission for a [...]

True Believers – Accept It!

“MIKE REP and TOMMY JAY are two of the Midwest’s most unheralded 70s songwriters who are only just beginning to get their due in the underground circles thanks to reissues […]

Cozy – Cola Shock Kids

“COZY are four young men who have captured the hearts of fans across the globe with their movie star looks, boyish charm, dapper denim outfits, and a stage show that […]

Bare Mutants – Without You

“Jered Gummere, most notably of Chicago’s PONYS, leads this new combo, which coalesces all of the most pivotal nuances of his repertoire into a perfectly minimal, mid-tempo snapshot [...]

Plateaus – Do It For You

Slacking ? Roundhouse A Bootlicker

Debut vinyl release from Slacking. New American harsh noise. Mastered by Grant Richardson at Hex Audio Labs. Side B is an excerpt of a live collaboration with Mallard Theory.

Grand Scheme – Numbers Game

Generations in hardcore move quickly. The scene changes constantly, and yet there is always a group of bands uninterested in the current trends. Some people just want to write aggressive […]

Shitty Life – Limits To Growth

Blazing fast, Chitarrino-Punk from Parma, Italy. If you enjoy Shitty Limits, Youth Avoiders, or Social Cirkle, you will love this new record. You might have seen them on tour recently […]

The Trendees _? Barmaid

The Trendees uberoscure 2017 cassette for Albert’s Basement has somehow found its way to a 7″ release some seven years later, replete with an extra third track in tow. If […]

Lysol ? Down The Street

‘Down the Street’ is the latest EP from Seattle punks LYSOL, following 2021’s ‘Soup for My Family’. The four piece lineup of Anthony Gaviria, Xtine Lundberg, Chad [...]

Thistle Group, P Wits ? Fog On My Brain/Figure It Out

Match made in heaven collaborative hit single from New Zealand-based artists Claire Mahoney (Thistle Group) and Benedict Quilter (P Wits). Recorded and mixed by Stefan Neville, mastered for vinyl [...]